Linee per una rilettura dell’antropocentrismo cartesiano

Name: Linee per una rilettura dell’antropocentrismo cartesiano
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Articolo

Rivista

RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA

Fascicolo

RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA - 2019 - 3

Titolo

Linee per una rilettura dell’antropocentrismo cartesiano

Lines for a Rereading of Cartesian Anthropocentrism

Autore

Maria Vita Romeo

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

Formato

Articolo |

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Pagine

Online da

10-2019

Doi

10.26350/001050_000132

Issn

0035-6247 (stampa) | 1827-7926 (digitale)

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In the Principia philosophiæ Descartes admonishes not only against «having a high opinion of yourself», but also against believing that everything was created for us. Is Descartes therefore a precursor of the current anti-anthropocentric view? It is not easy to provide a positive answer. Nonetheless it ought to be expressed the need to correct the preconception that Descartes was insensitive to the value of nature and justified animal cruelty. Indeed, anthropocentrism is for Descartes a thesis with theological value, but not a truth with scientific significance. Leaving aside the functional merit of anthropocentrism with respect to the ethical and religious orientation of human behaviour, Descartes’ philosophy criticises anthropocentric arrogance, with the intent both to condemn the illusion that mankind is the purpose of divine creation and to avoid ridiculous and inappropriate effects on physics of such an illusion.